Sydney Pollack, Regisseur von „Die drei Tage des Condor“, „Tootsie“ und „Die Firma“, verstarb gestern im Alter von 73 Jahren im Kreise seiner Familie in Los Angeles. Man hatte vor neun Monaten eine Krebserkrankung diagnostiziert. Die New York Times hat einen Nachruf.
Mr. Pollack’s career defined an era in which big stars (Robert Redford, Barbra Streisand, Warren Beatty) and the filmmakers who knew how to wrangle them (Barry Levinson, Mike Nichols) retooled the Hollywood system. Savvy operators, they played studio against studio, staking their fortunes on pictures that served commerce without wholly abandoning art.
Hollywood honored Mr. Pollack in return. His movies received multiple Academy Award nominations, and as a director he won an Oscar for his work on the 1985 film “Out of Africa” as well as nominations for directing “They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?” (1969) and “Tootsie” (1982).
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- Renington Steele •
- Mai 27th, 2008 •
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- Schlagwörter: R.I.P., SydneyPollack
